SWAT officers secure the area around a parking lot at Renaissance Apartments where a man was shot and killed early Monday morning, Feb. 13, 2017. Police handcuffed two people they called persons of interest in the shooting that happened at 3:41 a.m.

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Two Denver Sheriff Department sergeants were fired for failing to report an intoxicated co-worker and then being dishonest about it, and critics say the case shows more inconsistency in deputy discipline.